knight-errantry
11knight errantry — adj. quixotic, like Don Quixote (chivalrous, romantic, impractical, idealistic) …
12knight-errantry — n. Chivalry, knighthood …
13knight-errantry — n idealism, Quixotism, visionariness, romanticism, impracticality; rashness, impetuosity, foolhardiness, heedlessness. See knighthood …
14Knight-errantries — Knight errantry Knight er rant*ry, n.; pl. {Knight errantries}. The character or actions of wandering knights; the practice of wandering in quest of adventures; chivalry; a quixotic or romantic adventure or scheme. [1913 Webster] The rigid… …
15Knight-er-ratic — Knight er rat ic, a. Pertaining to a knight errant or to knight errantry. [R.] Quart. Rev. [1913 Webster] …
16knight — n. & v. n. 1 a man awarded a non hereditary title (Sir) by a sovereign in recognition of merit or service. 2 hist. a a man, usu. noble, raised esp. by a sovereign to honourable military rank after service as a page and squire. b a military… …
17errantry — Synonyms and related words: Wanderjahr, aberrancy, aberration, afoot and lighthearted, bend, bias, bigheartedness, bigness, branching off, bumming, chivalrousness, chivalry, circuitousness, corner, crook, curve, declination, departure, detour,… …
18knight errant — noun a medieval knight wandering in search of chivalrous adventures. Derivatives knight errantry noun …
19Errantry — Er rant*ry, n. 1. A wandering; a roving; esp., a roving in quest of adventures. Addison. [1913 Webster] 2. The employment of a knight errant. Johnson. [1913 Webster] || …
20errantry — [er′ən trē] n. the condition or behavior of a knight errant; spirit or deeds of chivalry …
